Level 3
Tim had 672 coins. 27 were pink and the rest were yellow and blue. The ratio of the number of yellow coins to the number of blue coins was 1 : 3. Tim decided to buy some more pink coins to increase the number of pink coins to half of the total number of coins.
  1. How many less yellow coins than pink coins did he have at first?
  2. How many more pink coins did he have to buy?
5 m
Level 3
Willy drove from Town A to Town B which was 312 km away. He started from Town A at an average speed of 76 km/h. He maintained this speed for 2 h before increasing it by 4 km/h for the rest of the journey to Town B.
  1. How long did he take to complete the whole journey?
  2. What was his average speed from Town A to Town B?
4 m
Level 3
Uncle Lim travelled from City A to City B which was 560 km away. For the first 480 km of the journey, he travelled at a speed of 80 km/h. He then reduced his speed by 40 km/h and completed the rest of the journey. What was his average speed for the whole journey?
4 m
Level 3
The ratio of the number of biscuits in Container H to the number of biscuits in Container J was 5 : 3. 20% of the biscuits in Container H and 0.6 of those in Container J were round. After transferring the biscuits between the 2 containers, the number of square biscuits in both containers are the same. Likewise, the number of round biscuits in both containers are the same. If a total of 162 of biscuits were moved, how many more biscuits were there in Container H than Container J at first?
5 m
Level 3
At 9.45 a.m., Mark started driving from Town X to Town Y which was 440 km away. For the first 220 km, he travelled at an average speed of 80 km/h. He then decreased his speed by 20 km/h and completed the remaining journey.
  1. Find the total time taken for the whole journey. Express the answer in mixed number.
  2. At what time did she reach Town Y?
4 m